more ways than wages fell out israel's choices in parliamentary election underway now with voters expected to forge an even more hardline government at the ballot. while israeli settlers flock to the polling booth to push where they think the country's borders should lie we hear about the bargain hunters spearheading the charge into occupied lands. and half a century of cooperation taken with a pinch of salt german and french leaders honor fifty years of their post-war alliance amid sarve political and economic divide casting a shadow over celebration. plus

a complete information blackout american citizens are spied upon by their own f.b.i. the bureau refuses to explain who they are tracking or why individuals are being targeted. it's eight six pm i should say in moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's good to have you with us straight to our top story this hour and millions of israelis are queuing at the ballot boxes as the country holds a snap parliamentary election but few doubt who will win with predictions of an even more right wing and hard line government now at the core of the vote are three issues rocketing living costs iran's nuclear ambitions and the peace deadlock with the palestinians owing to his uncompromising stance income. prime minister benjamin

netanyahu is expected to not only hold on to power but a little sway over israel one of his positions giving him a boost settlement construction an issue that isolated israel internationally filmmaker number on camera known for his offbeat documentaries has been looking at the occupied territory property ladder. my name is me more than israeli citizen living here among. you one housing crisis at all time high the thing is there is another one in jerusalem but i can also live among ourselves and i think i can get there much better deal with the wise over the. willing my lawyer would like to see the flood to buy i'm here with some investors from england. we want to invest in this area because i'm hearing the property value might go up with one flat is one million shekels is. in the building that this

whole new area called zero eight and he one begins after those heels despite a few haters in the u.s. almost all these really critical parties support the building and selling charming flats on palestinian land the latest talks he won east of jerusalem hello i'm here to show your client wants to buy property in this area is a big you want investor understand it's the only building currently built but if i can show him more. hills more outposts. and no one except. two state solution who cares as long as the produce cheap is a jew man living i want to you know my jewishness and i be in touch with my roots. so it's all jewish yeah yeah and the non jewish part because. not. many people say he is not being. in the peace process but look how many settlements get

constructed i'm hoping. to build a new settlement. this is the future for israel i believe and i'm afraid that if i buy the house and i get a document saying it's mine some day palestinians can scam and say no it's not yours because i keep listening to that in the u.k. . you see. there's history. there's just one thing and. it's funny how those small actions had like international meaning. the moving of stones like monumentally. it's like messing with international law. this is the most disputed area you never noticed it just because people told us. but he says it is like a good place to build a new flat you think they'll be like because my friends want to be like to buy

something before we even construct and i was coming up. he says this is the fail stone being set for the new god willing of the one facing the holy capital of his eye thanks so much money for renting london anyone in london and here. and in the big city thing is cheaper and more comfortable it all starts here so beautiful all of us is ours. you can look down and palestinians this is the new area being built up as if you want i just call this real estate it's called hideout three they set all the flats in this part of town and they say no to city for certain it will never be evacuated today selling more and more how come all the cleaners of the city and all the bills are you should be jewish labor . should. i want to see it going to be

a state agent to get to the all the legalities. of. selling your house by any chance that. i have my house. but earlier i talked to the man behind that film about his real estate tore through occupied territory and nimrod kmart painted

a very opportunistic picture of settlement mentality some of the people i talked to never going to. give up their house. heavily. into the settlement of the entire west bank and they told me that jordan is also the kind of part of the do it just call they told me that if someone is going to a victim which they don't believe but if people are going to happen they're going to even make more money because the government will pay them compensation for the victims if you just go buy a float you can sell it to jewish americans so did you actually buy into this i mean i bought money with me and i didn't go all the way there but just got the best deal and i almost bought it because why didn't i it was such a good deal you could make lots of money presumably yeah i mean. i am

jewish actually not all the way. thirty two parties are vying for one hundred twenty seats in the knesset and already their leaders are talking coalitions and the division of power walk if you updated with news and analysis of what they're up to through the day and beyond the close of the polls which is that eight o'clock g.m.t. how will change with to really develop will settle to expand just isolate can there be peace with gaza what's next in relations with america will that's when you know who survive his snuff election on january twenty second. israel decides what are. lots of glitz and gloss in berlin as german and french leaders celebrate fifty years of theirs countries alliance well hugs and handshakes come despite their not yet agreeing on how to cure the eurozone debt contagion or overcome deep foreign policy divisions assessing whether there is more lows than highs in franco german relations right now here's our cheese peter all over. well it's certainly

a meeting that's filled with pomp and circumstance but they as they celebrate the formalizing of the friendship between former foes what we are seeing though is that hoping that the celebration can paper over some of the divisions between here a couple of course france and germany the two major economies and the well the two biggest voices in europe really when it comes to how to tackle the eurozone crisis all around wants to see more spending to promote growth where is it stuck to her guns saying it's only through austerity that any kind of problems in the eurozone can be fixed now there's also rising concern here in germany over the state of the french economy the german people and german finance is looking elba shoulder thinking well we don't want to get caught up to cold if you'll recall and he sneezes it was a expected that the french economy went into recession at the end of twenty twelve

hours also when it comes to matters over defense military matters germany and france not agreeing either from sydney pursuing a policy of intervention we've seen not in libya we're also seeing that right now in mali where was germany they have said that they were going to contribute any of their troops and it was backed up by. the finance minister here in germany and a key member of angler merkel's christian democrat party but he said that germany didn't want to be a major player in foreign policy said going on to say that well after hitler and auschwitz how could they be a major player so there is a difference there between how france views its place in the wider world and how germany based on well the two countries relative history so this meeting all smiles and handshakes however that there are some deep underlying cracks in the relationship between europe's power couple. the berlin based political scientists

students drink their believes that francois along the thames to counterbalance germany's austerity push will only prolong europe's agony. well i mean certainly that was something that was very important for him in his election campaign and it was an important aspect in getting elected. and he has had the minor success of having the growth pact to the fiscal pact but you know i think that can and probably are very focused on their third politics and i don't think it will be an agreement that was before the cold war it was germany that carried the economic weight and france that carried the political weight now there's been a shift towards political weight for germany as well at least from a french perspective so that certainly has made cooperation more difficult anger and quality raise tempers in the russian capital a gay rights family the government says that's church activity.

and jordan prepares for its not part of the entry election with the u.s. backed monarchy saying it's the beginning of reform of the powerful muslim brotherhood boy probably saying it's a gimmick and change isn't happening. americans are being kept in the dark about how and why they are being followed by the nation's security agency a civil liberties group in the us asked the f.b.i. to spell out what techniques it's using when it tracks citizens but as you can explains the reply raised more questions than answers. everybody knows that the f.b.i. uses all sorts of tracking devices on cars cell phones and whatnot everything that can carry g.p.s. the american civil liberties union filed the request under the freedom of information act asking for the justice department to review the f.b.i.'s guidelines their internal memos as to how and under what circumstances they track people as of now there is no clear understanding among americans of when they will be subjected

to tracking possibly for months at a time or whether the government will first get a warrant this is the justice department's response more than one hundred pages of completely redacted material except for the title so to the question how when and why the government can track its citizens the f.b.i. responded with this takes a lot of ink to print out something like this some artistic souls may think of the painting black squares by live each we're certainly not sure of the artistic intentions of the u.s. justice department or the meanings they put into these black pages but for civil liberties advocates here this is what government secrecy looks like actually it was last month when president obama signed a bill that essentially allows the government to spy on anyone they want under some kind of a general warrant as opposed to an individual word in other words it allows the national security agency to vacuum up as much private communication as possible

with something like a promise on the authorities part to be really careful about when and how they look at it but civil liberties advocates argue that the bill of rights is not about the government's promises of good intentions but about legal guarantees so president obama may be very convincing when he talks about individual freedoms we heard the words in his inaugural speech this monday. but here is the f.b.i. version of that freedom. later today max kaiser explains why america's to tear policing means arrests for activists yet freedom for financier's the kaiser reports here at four thirty pm g.m.t. . the threshold over which the us government has passed in terms of tyranny has bandpass they passed they when they got rid of habeas corpus they passed it when they went through at the end the day they passed it when they started to murder us citizens extrajudicial they passed it with the bradford manning case bradley manning their only man in case they pass that they've already

passed a threshold of terror so why are americans sitting there thumb up their spring training talking about well if there are any comes that's why i don't i find it hypocritical. going to take a short break here on r t and i'll be back with more news for you. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big.

news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of kandahar. showing corporation to rule the day. here with r t live from moscow and here in the russian capital gay rights campaigners have. have rallied against the so-called gay propaganda law being considered in russia but their public q.

think campaign tactics lead to trouble let's get more from our tease your corporate good know who joins us live in the studio you go or take us through what happened why the violence well these are several dozen gay rights activists tried holding this kissing flash mob right outside the state duma the lower house of parliament but were interrupted by a group of radical orthodox christians who weren't really afraid to use their fist or we've just seen as a result several gay rights activists were injured actually several journalists were injured in the scrimmage as well the police detained some of the most radical . orthodox christians there the protesters were actually doing this rally against a draft which the state duma is reviewing which is supposed to ban gay propaganda and the activists say that it is not clear from this draft what propaganda is so they're afraid that it's going to push them to go underground it's really not the

first time that gay rights activists are attacked in russia actually pretty much the same time the every time they try holding some sort of a gay rights rally they're usually attacked by radical orthodox christians but actually just recently we saw a similar story in france there you could see it now when several members of the ukrainian women's group firman were attacked by french anti gay rights activists. all right bring us up to date on this latest violence in the capital i have a feeling this isn't going to be the last time we see something like this it's certainly an issue that continues to unfold you go thanks for that update. the hundreds of thousands of people have gathered to watch barack obama's inauguration speech after he was sworn in as u.s. president for a second term pledging to support democracy across the world we'll hear why many

experts believe more bombs fall as the u.s. looks set to continue with its aggressive foreign policy that's coming up for you later this hour. but first after two years of simmering and sometimes violent protests against corruption and enough to authorities jordan is finally getting a parliamentary election the king called the vote to appease those demanding change but is this the council of now reports that threatens to push the country further into crisis beneath the calm facade here in jordan is a simmering crisis the kingdom has remained relatively stable amid the wave of regimes falling in the arab spring wednesday's parliamentary elections are part of the reform efforts undertaken by the government in an attempt to quell popular dissatisfaction anathema. i'm optimistic that our political system has taken a big step forward if

a parliament wants to enjoy respect the very first thing it needs is to be elected as a result of the fair election that's what our future parliament is going to be but a balanced parliament just something that is highly on likely to come out of this election is being boycotted by georgia's most powerful political movement the muslim brotherhood citing a new law that critics claim gives an unfair advantage to regime loyalists the islamists and their allies have branded the elections as worthless. one of the most like why do people take part in the spectacle called the parliamentary elections elections the way they are now and all the petain in rules the way they are cannot be taken seriously they do not represent the people's will band in many mideast states up until the arab spring jordan's branch of the muslim brotherhood has been a licensed political party for decades but seeing a stone contemporaries come to power in egypt in tunisia it is now openly seeking a much larger role but one muslim one of. the muslim brotherhood

a boycotting the elections because this lore is not in their interest but other parties are boycotting the elections because they will be held according to undemocratic law. they're dealing with king abdullah and says that he's serious about reform but there are other threats on the horizon. our main problem is economic unemployment and inflation are rising at the same time that the cost of products is soaring there is considerable unrest among the population was the country has long struggled economically and relies heavily on aid from western and gulf donors last november saw an eruption of violence nationwide protests over cuts in food and fuel subsidies and other conditions imposed by the i.m.f. the courtroom billion dollar and merger and other financial and political comes. burn is the flood of syrian refugees hundreds of thousands have fled to jordan with

more pouring over the border every day there are worries that the syrian conflict may follow its people into the kingdom where the women striving for more power a tough situation on the border and a dire economic crisis jordan is finding itself caught between a rock and a hard place due to the boycott the elections are among likely to produce any meaningful change in the once the same old kingdom looks to be in for a long period of uncertainty you see count one of our team amman jordan. u.s. president barack obama has laid out his plans for his second term in the white house well in a wide ranging speech touching on issues from immigration reform to gay rights he placed a special emphasis on supporting democracy around the world west benefic former leader of the libertarian party says this obama administration looks set to continue to use military force to fulfill its aims. it's almost embarrassing you

know as an american i have trouble keeping track of where our troops are these days where were intervening and so for me to try and predict where it's happening not to mention that there are secret operations going on around the world. do we have our troops in over one hundred countries and we must we intervene in the election processes in other places so there's not really any real. activity to do things other than militarily i'm a libertarian the way i'd like to see us affect other country's policies is by setting a good example of how other countries should act i don't want to source democracy or freedom at the point of a gun or airstrikes and i don't want to impose that on other countries. creaming off some tasty profits while millions struggle to feed themselves wall street's under fire for forcing up food prices starvation by exploiting the farming

futures market as we report online for you today. much depends elderly are told to harry up and die by the new finance minister who says old people cost too much to keep alive head to our team about. three. three. three. three. three. three. three vote video for your media project stream media r t v dot com. another world headlines today car bombs have killed seventeen people and left dozens injured in and around baghdad but lisa borden say one of the blasts a busy market in the north of the iraqi capital around midday at least two soldiers were among those killed and twelve more people were wounded early in the day

a suicide car bombing targeting a checkpoint south of the city killed five and wounded fourteen more according to my far at least. britain is considering lifting its military assistance for the french combat action against islamist in mali so far it's sent to warplanes and says there could be further just tickle support the move follows a deadly hostage crisis in neighboring algeria which was in retaliation for france's invasion at least thirty seven foreign nationalists including french british and americans were killed during the terrorist siege of a gas plant that was stormed by algerian forces over the weekend. a week of fighting between syrian rebels and members of the kurdish minority have left at least fifty six people dead in north east of the country that's according to the british based syrian observatory for human rights its report says the rebels used tanks and mortars against kurdish forces the kurds long tonight autonomy have

tried to use the unrest as a distraction to set up schools and cultural centers but are now coming under fire from anti regime fighters. and in south africa thousands of protesters angry at plans to merge their region with a poor neighboring minnesota polity have clashed with police officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse demonstrators in the third day of riots at least three policemen have been injured and more than one hundred eighty protesters arrested. coming up in a few minutes a special report on how half of h.l.v. cases in the united states afflicts just one ethnic group stay with archie.

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a conspiracy the government wanted to kill soft so maybe we still have people who still have that mindset people don't like to say. that a government would make an effort to destroy people but black people have had a history. of tusky syphilis experience that was carried on by the federal government for thirty years one thousand nine hundred to one thousand nine hundred seventy two and people said at that time this is a way to get rid of the black population so that's horrible to have to think about . and that kind of planning that we have an entire museum in washington do see called a holocaust memorial museum which rag maintain is the most important news. in the united states that everybody should go to that museum because it's not just about the death.